23:27
PTI: A neighbour of Talwars today told a CBI court hearing the Aarushi-Hemraj case that he never saw the door of their terrace locked and the couple's driver had twice come to take keys of his terrace on the day the girl's murder came to light, saying their own key was misplaced....
20:52
In a sign of growing strain in Delhi Congress, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit was on Friday targeted by a senior party MLA after she tried to restrain him from criticising Education Minister Kiran Walia in the Delhi Assembly.The Chief Minister also came under attack from a number of MLAs in a...
20:20
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked his cabinet colleagues to accelerate decision making process to tide over major economic challenges for returning to high growth path. I am instructing all Ministries to accelerate their consideration of critical issues where decisions are needed to...
20:18
The CBI is likely to register cases against six more companies in connection with its probe into alleged irregularities in allocation of coal blocks. CBI sources said six companies have come under scanner of the agency for alleged cheating and suppression of facts and the cases may be...
19:17
Any decision by the United States to blacklist the Haqqani network as terrorists will negatively impact future relations with Pakistan, a senior Pakistani security official said Friday. The Pakistan-based network has been blamed for some of the worst attacks in the last 10 years' of war in...
18:44
LeT founder and the key conspirator of the 26/11 Mumbai massacre, Hafiz Saeed, says that the Indian foreign minister's visit is aimed at damaging the Kashmir issue. Pakistan should not go ahead with trade. That's the tweet by Rezaul Hasan Laskar. Trade with India should not be given...
18:36
Update on SM Krishna's visit to Pakistan. MEA spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin tweets that Krishna has completed his discussions with representatives of various political parties and now heads to meet Pakistan PM Yousaf Raza Gilani.
18:32
India's problem of crony capitalism. Read
18:30
Economist Amit Bhaduri speaks about the current direction of the Indian economy.Read
18:15
Six members of a family were fired on by unknown men at Swaroop Nagar in north-west Delhi. Unconfirmed reports say that three people have been killed.
18:06
Early reports say three people are believed to have been killed and five injured in the shootout in Delhi. Details awaited.
18:04
Five people have been injured in a shootout at Swaroop Nagar in Delhi. Details awaited.
18:01
Five Indian companies -- Larsen & Toubro, Hindustan Unilever, Infosys, Tata Consultancy and Sun Pharma -- have made it to the list of 100 most innovative firms in the world prepared by US business magazine Forbes. Engineering giant L&T is ranked among the top ten companies, ahead of...
17:59
The Obama administration has decided to blacklist as a terrorist organization the Haqqani network, the militant organization responsible for some of the deadliest attacks against American troops in Afghanistan, several American officials said late Thursday. Read
17:51
The words modern India are used today to describe a vast nation-state of more than a billion people, but they also imply a particular trajectory of history. Read
17:47
Russia's president says that more than one partner at once means you can take it easy a bit' in bed. From JFK to Gaddafi, The Daily Beast has some solid sex advice from the top. Read
17:29
Just a day after Nokia unveiled Lumia 920, the firm has issued an apology for a fake advert after that appeared to have been shot using the flagship smartphone was revealed to have been filmed using professional equipment. The advert showed a man filming his girlfriend using the new...
17:20
A day after a woman cop was beaten by a rampaging mob of protesting Congress workers in Bhubaneswar, the party's in-charge of the state, Jagdish Tytler, has issued an apology, reports NDTV.We are sorry that the woman cop got injured, Tytler said as he apologised, but quickly added that there...
17:09
It's taken a while to react, but a reaction nevertheless from the Congress on the BJP's defence of the Parliament washout and the coalgate allegations. (See our posts from 14:18 onwards) Parliamentary Affairs Minister P K Bansal says, BJP will have to answer a lot many questions. We will expose...
16:56
The question of whether alien life exists could be answered within 40 years. Read
16:50
A frenzied two-day auction in late August demonstrated India's growing appetite for estate sales, arts and antiques.On the block were items from the estate of Jamshed Jehangir Bhabha, the mastermind behind the National Center for the Performing Arts in Mumbai, India's only national arts center. Read
16:48
The Maharashtra government has asked the Centre to amend the PCPNDT Act, 1994 so that sex selective abortion can be treated as murder, punishable under section 302 of the IPC. According to the letter sent to the Centre by the state government, determination of sex of the foetus is an offence...
16:40
With Monsoon Session of Parliament coming to an end, BJP today said the party will now go to the streets to make people aware of the government's wrongdoings on various fronts.We are not demanding mid-term polls but we want the government to go. The reason being the government has not only failed...
16:20
Hina Rabbani Khar tells NDTV, I believe it is my message India noticed, and not my clothes.Well, this is what the Guardian reported during the July-August visit last year. Accessories and style have media swooning, but is Hina Rabbani Khar really in charge of policy on Kashmir? Read
16:10
Rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt, who is travelling with External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on his visit to Pakistan, examines the relevance of the visa agreement that is bound to have significant impact on the relations between the countries. Read
16:00
Pakistan foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar made headlines in India during her August 2011 visit for many things, not diplomacy. Read
15:58
A collective cheer for the amazing Asha Bhosle and early wishes for her birthday tomorrow. The melodious voice behind classic numbers like Chura liya hai tumne, Dum maaro dum and Mera Kuchh Saamaan, says she has cut down on Bollywood singing as the songs she is offered lack melody. Asha, who...
15:46
@BDUTT Just interviewed the young & personable Hina Rabbani Khar. She says India and Pakistan are all set to sign a visa liberalisation agreement.
15:41
Pakistan foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar told Indian media that India should not be too emotional on the issue of 26/11, reports Sheela Bhatt in Islamabad. In response to a question on Kashmir, she said that Kashmir remains a core issue.She also said that Pakistan has no love lost for Hafiz...
15:30
The Supreme Court orders the CBI to lodge ab FIR and probe comprehensively the illegal extraction of iron ore and its export from Karnataka. The CBI has been asked to submit its report within six weeks.
15:27
Industry body CII said today that the government should not cancel the allocation of coal blocks that are under the scanner after a CAG report simply because there is a political demand to do so.Everything should go by the law. Action (cancellation of coal blocks) should not be taken because...
15:24
Pak Foreign Secretary Hina Rabbani Khar terms the talks with Indian counterpart SM Krishna as positive and very good.
15:18
The government must remove the subsidy on diesel, LPG and kerosene, and protect the poor from the impact through cash transfers, says Darryl D'Monte. ReadThe government may hike petrol, diesel, cooking gas and kerosene prices simultaneously as early as next week, with Oil Minister S Jaipal Reddy...
15:08
A low intensity earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter Scale shook Assam and other North East states at around midnight last night, the Regional Meteorological Centre said here. No casualty or damage to property had been reported so far.
15:06
Moving on, rural development minister Jairam Ramesh writes for the Hindu on Bangladesh and how it has shown that it is possible to have superior social outcomes at lower per capita incomes and rates of economic growth. Read
14:58
Arun Jaitley said BJP has felt that the government attempted to introduce the controversial SC/ST Promotions quota bill because it wanted to divert attention from the Coalgate scam.
14:53
Before the Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die today, Speaker Meira Kumar said it was sad that Parliament could not transact normal business during the session. In our democracy, sometimes there are forms of dissent, which disturb us. But we are all staunch believers in the functioning democracy...
14:51
As Jatin Gandhi writes in Open magazine, The coal scam goes right up to the very top of both parties. In five of the eight years under CAG's scanner, the PM headed the Coal and Mines Ministry. On the other side of the divide, BJP President Nitin Gadkari's close aide, Ajay Sancheti, is among...
14:47
More fire and brimstone from the BJP. Arun Jaitely says the last time Parliament was not allowed to function over the 2G scam, the then telecom minister A Raja quit. The UPA has been acting like Gulf Sheikhs. No Parliament is the price of coalgate, he thunders. Coal block allocations were...
14:36
Arun Jaitley addressing the meet now says, the party's demands on the coal scam remain the same. It's sad to see the steps, or the lack of steps taken by the government. Competitive bidding of coal blocks has not even begun as yet, Jaitley frowns. He says the battle will now move out of...
14:25
Sushma Swaraj says, Being in majority (referring to the Congress) does not give you the right to loot. We withdrew our demands for the immediate resignation of the PM. Stalling parliament was a tactic to force the government to act. We sought cancellation of allotment and an independent probe,...
14:18
Sushma Swaraj defends the Parliament washout saying the party was hurt by the government's casual response to the violence in Assam.
14:11
As the monsoon session of Parliament is adjourned sine die, the PM addresses a press conference outside the House. The PM said the washout of Parliament is a negation of democracy and the Constitution. Parliamentary institutions have to be allowed to function and not taking advantage of...
14:02
Cracking the whip on the Paralympic Committee of India after receiving complaints from the participants in the London Games, Sports Minister Ajay Maken today issued a show cause notice to the body. On the basis of petitions received from participating paralympic athletes and others, show cause...
13:52
A massive blaze at a fire-cracker factory in Tamil Nadu Wednesday that killed some 40 people has put the industry's poor safety record under the spotlight. ReadAlso see: Internet use jumps in rural India
13:46
In other news: The World Bank's new chief economist, Kaushik Basu, said reaching out to people who live in extreme poverty is a top priority for him in his new role. Read
13:43
Also read:Mohammed Hanif's column for the Guardian: How to commit blasphemy in PakistanWilliam Dalrymple's column also for the Guaridan: Is Pakistan's hard line on blasphemy softening?
13:34
A Pakistani court has given bail to a young Christian girl, who was arrested after being falsely implicated in a blasphemy case by the cleric of a mosque in Islamabad. The court of the Additional District and Sessions Judge, where a two-and-a-half-hour-long hearing this morning was marked by...
13:28
The fire that broke out on the 12th floor of the FIFC building in Bandra Kurla Complex of suburban Mumbai this morning has been doused. Ten labourers, who were trapped in the under-construction building, were rescued and the fire was brought under control after two hours. 10-12 labourers were...
13:24
AQ Khan, the father of Pakistan's atomic bomb and the worst nuclear proliferator in history, is launching a new political movement. His goal? No less than to become Pakistan's Nelson Mandela. ReadAnd here's the interview with AQ Khan.
13:21
Pakistan's terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad idea to develop battlefield nukes. Read why on the Foreign Policy.
13:02
Speaking about the objective of his visit to Pakistan, external affairs minister SM Krishna said, My endeavour during this visit will be to promote the objectives that I have just mentioned. The Minister was received at the airport by Pakistan High Commissioner to India Salman Bashir and Indian...
12:53
@PRSLegislative Rajya Sabha chairman making valedictory remarks: Session likely to be remembered for work not done. Parliament adjourns sine die.
12:50
SM Krishna reaches Pakistan and in his first statement there says India wants a terror-free atmosphere with Pakistan. He said India was committed to finding solutions for issues via dialogue and wants Pakistan to be stable and prosperous. Krishna is on a three-day visit to Pakistan to hold talks...
12:37
Another ISI-sponsored terror attack will spell doom for Pakistan. The message is clear from foreign minister SM Krishna as he prepares to meet his Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar in Islamabad. 'They (Pakistan) know it would be disastrous if, god forbid, any other misadventure on the part...
12:32
An energized electorate inspired by a groundbreaking election and expectations as high as Mount Everest had grown accustomed to greeting him with spontaneous chants of yes we can.He promised to take bold, swift action on the ailing economy and break the partisan grip on Washington by ending...
12:16
75% time wasted, 2nd worst session clocked. Read the TOI story onthe monsoon session of Parliament.
12:15
So, the Lok Sabha has been adjourned sine die, and the Rajya Sabha will soon follow (adjourned till 12:45 pm as of now). According to data analysed by PRS Legislative Research, Lok Sabha worked for 22% of the scheduled time while Rajya Sabha was marginally better with members transacting business...
12:13
Rajya Sabha has been adjourned till 12:45 pm over what else, but, coalgate. Coal is the flavour of the season and Anurag Kashyap's films on the coal mining mafia of the Dhanbad region in Jharkhand, Gangs of Wasseypur 1 & 2, have fuelled an interest in the sleepy town, hitherto known...
12:06
Rajdeep Sardesai's open letter to MNS chief Raj Thackeray...When you set up the MNS a few years ago, I thought you were aiming to break with the past: to represent a new, self-confident Maharashtrian identity that would co-exist with growing economic competition. Unfortunately, you have chosen...
12:01
Update on the fire at Bandra Kurla Complex -- Six fire tenders, six water tankers and four special appliances vehicles have been rushed to the spot. The fire broke out at around 10.45 am on the 11th floor of the First International Financial Centre (FIFC) high rise building and spread till the...
11:53
News from the petroleum ministry should bring some cheer. Petroleum minister Jaipal Reddy has announced that there will be NO fuel hike for now. State-owned oil marketing companies were all set to increase the price of petrol by Rs 5 a litre with effect from Saturday, while the prices...
11:43
Early reports indicate that the building has been evacuated. For those of you who aren't familiar with Mumbai, Bandra-Kurla Complex is a financial hub and houses commercial establishments. So far five water tankers and five fire tenders are at the site.
11:34
News of a fire at a commercial building at the Bandra-Kurla Complex in Mumbai. Five fire engines have been rushed to the site. The fire is on the 12th floor of the FIFC building.
11:31
Update from Parliament or rather outside it... The BJP-led NDA) staged a protest inside the Parliament complex against the ruling Congress Party for wasting the entire Monsoon Session of Parliament over the coal blocks allocation scam. BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar had earlier blamed...
11:21
Meanwhile, External Affairs minister SM Krishna leaves for a three-day visit to Pakistan today. He spoke to Pakistan's Tribune newspaper today. Read Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna's interview...
11:10
Trinamool's Derek O'Brien tries attempts humour in the monsoon session washout. @quizderek At 12-45 today the members of the RS will do at least one thing in unison.Sing Vande Mataram...then adjourned sine die
11:06
Back in India, our inspirational leaders have ensured that Parliament has been adjourned till noon.
11:02
Barack Obama the orator or Barack Obama the President? Even stevens as of now. Seeking re-election for his second term, US President Barack Obama has said that the presidential polls against his Republican challenger Mitt Romney will be a choice between two fundamentally different visions for the...
10:49
The Monsoon session of Parliament ends on Friday but chances of any business in the House is very thin with the BJP continuing its protest over coal blocks allocations and the Samajwadi Party keeping up its opposition to the bill on quota in promotions for SCs and STs. This session may turn out...
10:43
Amid furore over coal blocks allocation, the government will place its views before Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) by September 14 on the observations made by CAG. The Coal Ministry will submit its comments to the PAC on CAG's observations on coal blocks allocations by September 14,...
09:28
BJP and AIADMK on Friday demanded the resignation of Union minister and DMK leader Jagatrakshagan, whose name has been mentioned in connection with the coal-gate scam. AIADMK has demanded a CBI probe after the Union minister of state for information and broadcasting admitted he had links...
08:35
If you believe in a country where everyone gets a fair shot, if you believe in a country where everyone plays by the same rule, I need you to go out and vote this November, Obama said.I am not promising the road will be easy. Yes, the road will be hard but it will be to a better...
08:28
The election four years ago was not about me, it was about you. You are the change, Obama told the cheering audience.If you turn away now, well, change will not happen. Only you have the power to move us forward, he said.Obama also continued his rhetoric against outsourcing, promising to create...
08:25
In a strongly worded speech to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte , United States President Barack Obama has sought a second term as the leader of the free world.This democracy is ours. We have both rights and responsibilities, he said.He promised that if he was given four...
03:18
At least 60 people have died when a fishing boat carrying migrants sank off the western Turkish coast, officials have told the Anatolia news agency. Dozens of survivors, mostly from Iraq and Syria, were able to swim through the Aegean waters to the shore, just 50 metres away,...
03:16
South African miners, arrested after the Marikana shooting, have been released by a Pretoria court after key players refused to sign a deal to end a deadly strike. More than a 100 miners were held in a South African jail after being charged last week under an obscure apartheid-era security...
01:20
In a highly anticipated address, United States President Barack Obama is to make a prime-time pitch for a second term, on the final day of the Democratic convention. Read more on BBC
00:08
If FIR is lodged against me, I'll quit: SibalNo need to form new party, declares Anna Hazare13 injured in 'ULFA' triggered blast in AssamUS lifts sanctions on Nepal MaoistsTerror alert at 2 oil refineries in MumbaiCross-border poaching threat to conservation efforts: PMOdisha: 100 injured as Cong...
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